Lather-brush.



M. L. BRANDT.

LATHER BRUSH.

APPQIOATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

ATTORNEY MAURICE L. BRANDT, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LATHER-BRUSI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 18, 1912. Serial NO. 720,970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE L. BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lather- Brushes, of which the following is a specification. t

The object of the invention is to provide a suitable and very durable, eflicient and convenient article combininga lather brush,

a massage-pad for use in rubbing the lather into the beard for softening the same and means of special character connectingsaid pad with the handle of the'brush.

I make no special claim either to the brush or pad separately considered, since my invention resides more particularly in the novel means I have devised for connecting the pad with the handle of the brush and enabling the pad to be firmly, though yield- .ingly, locked in its operative and inoperative positions.

In accordance with my invention I secure the massage or rubbing pad in a permanent manner on the outer endof an arm, and within a transverse cavity in the handle of the brush I provide a transversely yieldable or slidable pivot-rod receiving the inner end ofsaid' arm, a rigid tubular member inclosing said pivot-rod and serving as a guide for thesame during its slidable movements and a'coiled spring encompassing saidrod andnormallyacting to draw said rod inwardly and yieldingly bind the face of the inner end of said arm against the outer edges of said tubular member, said arm and the Outer edges "of said tubular member having interlocking lugs and recesses by which said arm, under the tension of said spring, may be yieldingly locked in its severalpositions when turned on radial lines in the plane of the brush to carryfthe pad to its. preferred Operative position adjacent to the bunch of the brush .or away therefrom to an out-lofthe-way position when'itis desired to specifically employ the brush for applying lather tothe face." m I a.

a The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented,reference being had to the accom- ,panying .drawings, in whichzl Figure l'is aside elevation of a lather brush equipped with the features of my invention, the arm carrying the massage-pad being shown as turned at right angles tothe the arm within the length of the brush; Fig. 2 is a corresponding view, partly broken away, of the same and showing the arm carrying the massage pad as standing in line with the length of the brush,this being the preferred operative position for said arm and pad; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same taken fromthe left handside ofFig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section through a portion of the same, partly broken away, on the dotted line 4,-4 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 5 is a detached outer end view of a tubular member I which is confined within the brush-handle and cooperates with the arm carrying the massage-pad, for locking said arm in either of its several positions; I

In the drawings, 10 designates av lather brush comprising a handle 11 andbunch of bristles or hair .12 and being in itself of any usual or suitable construction. a e

The massagepad is designated by the Patented Dec.17,1912.

numeral 14 and shown as carried by an arm 15 of sheet metal. The pad 14 is preferably in the form of a rubber disk having'yielding lugs or projections 16on one face thereof, and said pad is'inseparably connectedwith the outer end of the arm 15, said end of said arm I being embedded within thepad 14 and the rubber of said pad being extended through apertures in the outer end of said arm, as

shown in Fig. 2, whereby the pad becomes.

rigidly connected with said arm. Thepad 14 may be formeddirectly. onthe outer end of the arm 15 or it may be separately formed with a recess to snugly receive the end of said arm and be secured thereto by rubber cement, which will fasten the pad not only to the opposite faces of the warm, but connect the rubber of the pad through the openings in said arm and thereby the same effect will be attained as though the pad 14: had been molded directly on the arm. An advantage in forming the pad 14 separately, from the arm 15 and then securing the outer end of pad'byrubber cement,

resides in the fact that, this method of connecting the two parts together permits of nickel-plating the arm tion with the pad.

prior to its connec- Within the handle l l form a transverse recess or cavity and therein insert, a tightly-. fitting tubular member or metal sleeve 17 which receives a pivot-rod 18 and a coiled spring 19 encompassing said rod and held under tension acting to draw the rod within v the sleeve, said spring being confined at 0116 end by a pin; 20 extending transversely through said rod and at its other end by a rigid shoulder 21 on said sleeve. The pin 20 is free of the sleeve 17 and hence the spring 19 pressing against the pin is enabled to draw the pivot-rod 18 inwardly. On its outer portion, within the sleeve 17, the rod 18 is formed with a head or stop 22, which is at the outer. side of the shoulder 21 and reasonably fits the diameter of the outer end of the sleeve 17 and therefore serves to cooperate with the sleeve in guiding the rod 18 during its movements and with the shoulder 21 in preventing, even in the absence of the arm 15, any undue inward movement of the rod 18. The shoulder 21 is annular and contains a central opening through which the rod 18 passes. The inner end of the sleeve 17 is recessed at opposite edges, as at 23, to permit of the convenient application of the pin 20 to the rod 18 while the inner end of the rod is within the sleeve. It is not intended that the inner end of the rod 18 shall at any time project or be projected beyond the inner end of the sleeve 17.

The outer end edge of the sleeve 17 is exposed and formed with radial notches or recesses 2 1. The inner end of the arm 15 is mounted on the outer end of the rod 18, which end is headed, as at 25, to retain said arm, and said arm at opposite sides of the axial line of the rod 18 is formed on its inner face with lugs 26 to interlock with the notches or recesses 24 in the end of the sleeve 17. The lugs 26 are preferably created by pressing the same in the form of short ribs from the metal of the arm 15. The spring 19 normally acts through the rod 18 to yieldingly bind the inner face of the inner end of the arm 15 against the outer end of the sleeve 17, and hence when said arm is turned on said rod as an axis and the lugs 26 pass into register with the notches or recesses 24: of said sleeve, said lugs will be drawn into the said notches or recesses by the spring and by their engagement therewith yieldingly lock the arm in fixed position. 1

In use, the brush proper will be employed for applying lather to the face in a customary manner, the arm 15 then preferably standing at a right angle to the length of the brush, and thereupon the arm 15 will be turned to carry the pad 14 to its upper position, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that said pad may be conveniently used to massage the face and rub the lather into the heard. In either set position of the arm 15, the said arm will be yieldingly locked by the engagement of the lugs 26 with the recesses 24, and at all other times the action of the spring 19 in binding the inner end of the arm against the end of the sleeve 17 and the head of the rod 18 against the arm 15, serves to impart a desirable steadiness and stability to the operative parts of the mechanism and prevents any rattling or loose movements thereof.

The mechanism provided by me for controlling the arm 15 is mainly concealed within the handle of the brush, and this I deem to be of special advantage; in addition said mechanism is of very durable character and not likely to cause annoyance by becoming disarranged or otherwise impaired.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. A lather brush having a transverse cavity in its handle, a sleeve within said cavity, a slidable rod in said sleeve, a spring tending to withdraw said rod within said sleeve, and a pivotally mounted arm on the outer end of said rod and carrying on its outer end a massage-pad, said spring serving to bind the inner face of the inner end of said arm against the outer end of said sleeve.

2. A lather brush having a transverse cavity in its handle, a sleeve within said cavity, a slidable rod in said sleeve, a spring tending to withdraw said rod within said sleeve, and a pivotally mounted arm on the outer end of said rod and carrying on its outer end a massage-pad, said spring serving to bind the inner face of the inner end of said arm against the outer end of said sleeve, and said arm and sleeve having interengaging latching means for yieldingly locking the same together in the predetermined operative and inoperative positions of said arm and pad.

3. A lather brush having a transverse cavity in its handle, a sleeve within said cavity, a slidable rod in said sleeve, a spring tending to withdraw said rod within said sleeve, and a pivotally mounted arm on the outer end of said rod and carrying on its outer end a massage-pad, said spring serving to bind the inner face of the inner end of said arm against the outer end of said sleeve, and said pad being of rubber and having projections on one face and embedding the outer end of said arm and fastened thereto, and said arm at its outer end being apertured within said pad to aid in the secure connection of the pad to the arm.

4. A lather brush having a transverse cavity in its handle, a sleeve within said cavity and having inwardly from its outer end a shoulder, a slidable rod in said sleeve and having outwardly of said shoulder a head within the sleeve, a coiled spring confined on said rod between its inner end and said shoulder and tending to withdraw the rod within the sleeve, and a pivotally mounted arm secured at its inner end on the outer end of said rod and on its outer end carrying a massage-pad, said spring serving to bind the inner face of the inner end of sleeve.

rod within the sleeve, and a pivotally mounted arm secured at its inner end on the outer end of said rod and on its outer end carrying a massage-pad, said spring serving to bind the inner face of the inner end of said arm against the outer end of said sleeve, and said arm and sleeve having interengaging latching means for yieldingly locking the same together in the predetermined operative and inoperative positions of said arm and pad.

6. A lather brush having a transverse cavity in its handle, an arm carrying a mas-,

sage pad on its outer end, and means mainly within said cavity for pivotally mounting said arm and comprisingatransversely slidable rod on Which the inner end of the arm is secured, a spring yieldingly acting to withdraw'said rod inwardly, and means co- I operating with said spring for latching said arm in the predetermined operative and inoperative positions of "saidpad.

Signed at New York city, in\the county of New York and State of Newiyork, this 17th day of September A. D. 1912'." an

MAURICE L. BnANnren Witnesses CHAS. O. GJLL,

HERMAN GUsToW.

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Washington, I). G. 

